Well, *that* wasn’t in modern times. LOL
IIRC, utility crews from Canada were on our street. God bless them.
Hydro Quebec was the utility crew that gave us back our lights (and heat and water!) back during the horrible Ice Storm of December 1973 in Connecticut. Their trucks were all over our area (East Hartford/Glastonbury).
Years later, my husband and I were traveling in French Canada (Montreal, Quebec City, etc.). Saw a Hydro Quebec utility truck, still with the same logo as in 1973. I literally teared up, remembering how they brought us out of the cold and darkness back in '73, just a couple of days before Christmas.
It was a wonderful, friendly Ohio utility crew that restored our power after the freak October 2011 snowstorm here in north central CT.
Yes, God bless them all! :-)